Saturday Morning With Jack Tame

Buying lunch every day becomes expensive and, dare I say it, not that healthy. Bought food is invariably more calorific than food you make yourself. Focus on loading up your lunch choices with protein – chicken, beans, tuna, tofu, quinoa – for sustained energy (i.e. it will fill you up and keep you feeling full for longer) plus some carbs to bulk it up slightly – think noodles, rice, pasta, bread, pastry – but you don’t need too much of these. Then include fresh ingredients like leafy greens and grated veges and in cooler months, canned tomatoes, grains, beans etc in soups stews etc. Lunch Buddha bowl: Makes enough for 4 serves 2 cups cooked rice – I like using brown rice 1 ½ cups frozen shelled edamame beans (available in supermarkets) 1 ½ cups grated or roughly chopped veges – carrots, snow peas, thinly sliced broccoli florets 1-2 tbsps tamari or soy sauce, to taste 4 cups chopped/shredded red cabbage, spinach, lettuce or kale Optional toppings 1-2 ripe avocados Chicken, salmon or tuna Thinly sliced cucumbe